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             Husband: William Gaston    
                Born:        1735          in Ireland  1
                Died:        1790          in Kell's Ford, Chester Co, SC  2,3
      Cause of death:                      drowned  2
              Father: William Gaston   (1680 - 1770) 
              Mother: Olivet Lemon   (1688 - 1752) 
Notes 4 
                Wife: Jane Harbison   3  
             Married: aft 1775              2
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 
           M Child 1: Hugh Gaston 2     
                Wife: Living  
           M Child 2: William Gaston 2     
                Born: Dec- 2-1776          in Union Co, SC  5
                Died: Nov- 1-1861          in Kemper Co, MS  5
              Buried:                      in Pleasant Springs Presbyterian Cemetery, Preston, Kemper Co, MS  5
             Resided:                      in Memphis, Shelby Co, TN  6,2
             Resided: formerly             in Corinth, Alcorn Co, MS  6,2
                Wife: Priscilla Buford  b. Sep-30-1786  d. Jul- 5-1856  
       Also known as: Priscilla Beaufort 2 (see note 1)
             Married: Jul-23-1805           5

Sources:
(1) Birthplace according to Max Perry. 
(2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 41. 
(3) Chalmers Gaston Davidson, Gaston of Chester, Davidson Printing Co, Davidson NC (1956), Based chiefly on notes and 
records preserved by Judge Arthur Lee Gaston, and privately printed according to his will. p. 
xi. 
(4) Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, p. 322. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, p. 322. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Hanna (p. 41) reports William Gaston's wife as ___ Beaufort, while the DAR
Lineage Book (p. 322) gives it as Priscilla Buford.  The latter is considered
the more reliable.







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